FROM HAWAII TO LAS VEGAS

Category: Informal Recording
Original Recording Date: January 1973
FTD Release Date: July 2012
Recording Location: Las Vegas, NV
FTD Release Format: CD

Song List

Something
You Gave Me A Mountain
Steamroller Blues
My Way
Love Me
It's Over
Blue Suede Shoes
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Welcome To My World
I'll Remember You
Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
An American Trilogy
A Big Hunk O' Love
I'm Leavin' It All Up To You
Faded Love
I Can't Stop Loving You
Separate Ways – with band
Separate Ways – with band and orchestra
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Can't Help Falling In Love - incomplete

The new 5" digi pack release, "Elvis From Hawaii to Las Vegas," is a cassette recording of Elvis' January 25 dress rehearsal for his January/February 1973 season at the Las Vegas Hilton. The rough audio quality is more than compensated for by the fascinating insight into how Elvis worked in order to create his shows. With little talk and a lot of music, we are invited to a first row presentation of what he had in mind, and yet he decided to change the repertoire the next day. Among the many songs is "Separate Ways" – rehearsed with and without the orchestra - a song that Elvis chose to never perform in public.